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by AGivant 1644 days ago
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13547241-unorthodox

If you haven't seen movie yet, check it out. But the book talks about what happened to her before she left her husband and place she grew up.

This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56015023-this-is-your-mi...

Excellent book about plants and they role in our life.

Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail by Rusty Young

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43081.Marching_Powder

Excellent book about inside life in one of the most dangerous prisons in the world and what people do to survive it.

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12158480-why-nations-fai...

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50743767-between-two-kin...